#B5B439#B5B439

#B5B439 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.141 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5B439
RGB	rgb(181, 180, 57)
HSL	hsl(60, 52%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(60, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 68.5%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.39, -14.54, 59.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.39, 61.52, 103.67°)
OKLab	oklab(74.84% -0.0458 0.1335)
OKLCH	oklch(74.84% 0.141 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.1171, 42.7628, 10.2216)
Luminance	0.4276 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5B439 #393AB5

analogous

#B57639 #B5B439 #78B539

triadic

#B5B439 #39B5B4 #B439B5

tetradic

#B5B439 #39B576 #393AB5 #B53978

square

#B5B439 #39B576 #393AB5 #B53978

split-complementary

#B5B439 #3978B5 #7639B5

monochromatic

#58571C #86862A #B5B439 #CDCC5F #DBDB8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#B5B439 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.55

#B5B439 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5B439

9.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5B439	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5B439	1.00	2.20	9.55	9.55
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AD26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B142

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2A99C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5b439;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 180, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.141 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceca77',
    500: '#b5b439',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5b439;
$custom-light: #ceca77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5b439",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.516,
    "s": 52.101,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74839,
    "c": 0.14114,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5B439

secondary

#8485C6

accent

#4DDC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5B439

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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